Today I returned to the place of the tiny flying toothy creatures, the redfin pickerel, to do battle once more. I had assumed after the crazy behavior of these fish on the first trip here that they would be easy to find. Wrong! I had to pick through almost every other species of fish in the stream before I found one. That included another new species from the same family, the grass pickerel! The list of species I have caught on flies grows by the day.
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| I honestly did not expect these, but I caught quite a few! |
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| Grass Pickerel |
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| The colors on these sunfish are remarkable! |
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| My darling, you are so beautiful! Oh how I love pure native species. |
For some brook trout I went to another location. Although this stream is in a very depressing location, situated next to a highway and in an area smelling rather unpleasant, it is clean and the residents are healthy.
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Fishing small streams for any species is just plain fun. If you don't enjoy catching small colorful fish of many varieties out of some of the prettiest water around, that's fine. More fun for me!
I love that grass pickerel. I haven't caught one, yet. Those streams look so good. We are about to get more rain, what Is going on? Our streams and rivers can't take any more and we can't either.
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He's a pretty little bugger.
DeleteI have taken a few pickerel on the fly, and they can do battle.
ReplyDeleteNice brookies.
You seem to have a thing for pickerel. It seems like more often then not when a pickerel is mentioned in a post of mine you point it out in comment! Yes, they are a blast.
DeleteIt turned into a good fishing day for you after all. Interesting collection of species in that stream. The brookies look great.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I couldn't just sit around in this depressing heat, and it was too nasty to work, so.... I went for the best option!
DeleteThat first stream is a cool little stream. What species is that first fish pictured? Also, that last chub (I think that's what it is) is pretty big, but the best part is those beautiful sunfish and pickerel! Nice to see those brookies hanging on so close to the effects of civilization, and they are certainly staying hidden in the stream's waters...boy were they dark!
ReplyDeleteThat's a largemouth bass! Some call those (last fish) chubs, but technically it's a fallfish. Fish in those little wooded in streams barely see the light of day this time of year!
DeleteGreat post, and I love the wide variety of fish you caught on such a small stream. That just looks like a blast!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Small streams guarantee fun, as long as they hold catch-able fish.
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